Entries from March 2014

Sheriff Benny Deloach would like to report the following activity of the Appling County Sheriff’s Office.

On February 8, a complainant came to the sheriff’s office to report a juvenile, a 14-year-old, had sex with a 22-year-old. Investigation led to the arrest of Jodeci Devon McKenzie, 22. McKenzie was charged with aggravated child molestation. Warrants were also taken on Charles Edward Alexander and Javante Wade for child molestation.
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Georgia’s longest yard sale, now over 220 miles long, the “Peaches to the Beaches Yard Sale” will take place Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15 along the Golden Isles Parkway, U.S. Highway 341. Yard Sale organizer for Appling County, Paula Turner, encourages everyone planning to have a yard sale anywhere in Appling County during the “Peaches to the Beaches” yard sale weekend to please pay the $30 official vender fee and be listed on the official Appling County site map given to all visitors during the event. Your $30 fee covers your setup and advertisement for the entire weekend. Without the Golden Isles Parkway Association’s advertisement for the “Peaches to the Beaches” yard sale the event would not be as successful for everyone.
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The following are highlights of incidents that were handled by officers of the Baxley Police Department over the past several days.

Feb. 9 at approximately 6:22 p.m., answered a call to Wal-Mart in reference to a theft. On arrival officers met with the LPC officer who related to them, that they had an earlier theft, in which a person had taken some items and then cut the security wires off of them and left without paying for them. And after reviewing the surveillance tapes they were able to identify the person. Charged in connection with the incident was Sean Michael Higginbotham, 25, of Baxley, on one count theft by shoplifting.
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The Appling County Chapter of Relay For Life is planning its monthly meeting on March 11 at Baxley Freewill Baptist Church on Plier St. Committee meeting at 5:00 p.m. and a Team Captains meeting at 6:00 p.m. This is a very important meeting to conduct t-shirt orders and the corporate sponsors are due to get them back in time for the event and to have corporate sponsors on the back of shirt. If anyone is interested in forming a team please come to the meeting and sign up and go online at www.relayforlife.org/applingga sign your team and team members up.
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Councilman Mickey Bass made a motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the City of Baxley to apply for and accept a Georgia DOT GATEway Grant, which would help cover costs for landscaping and a welcome sign to be located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 1 and Highway 15 at the regular city council meeting on Tuesday, February 25. This motion was seconded by Councilwomen Betty Livingston and carried unanimously.
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Financial aid experts will be available to assist college-bound students and their families complete and submit the FAFSA at this year’s College Goal Georgia Event to be held at Altamaha Technical College on Tuesday, March 18, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. This event will be in the Computer Lab on the Baxley Campus.
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Applications are now beginning to be received for the Jonah R. and Margaret J. Frazier scholarships announces the Rev. Bruce Sack, pastor of the Hazlehurst First United Methodist Church.
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The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) School Nutrition Program announces the availability of free meals to children during summer break. Through the federally funded program, Seamless Summer Option, any child under the age of 18 may receive a free meal at any preapproved location throughout the state. There is no income qualification or registration requirement to receive this benefit.
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Looking for something for the kids to do after school? Stop by the Appling County Public Library every Tuesday, at 4:00 p.m. for Story and Craft Time! And don’t miss the Dr. Seuss Spectacular on Thursday, March 6, at 4:00 p.m. The kids will listen to fun Dr. Seuss stories, play a game, and make a few wacky crafts. For more information, call the library at (912) 367-8103 or check out the web site at http://okrls.org/calendar.

Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Mark A. Eason to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Metlife Home Loans, a Division of Metlife Bank, N.A., its successors and assigns, dated September 14, 2009, recorded in Deed Book 461, Page 351, Appling County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association by assignment recorded in Deed Book 505, Page 812, Appling County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWELVE AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($161,912.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of Appling County, Georgia, or at such place as may be lawfully designated as an alternative, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in April, 2014, the following described property: SEE EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in Security Deed and by law, including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given). Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 44-14-162.2. The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, 3415 Vision Drive, Columbus, OH 43219, 800-446-8939. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is Mark A. Eason or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 194 Brandon St, Baxley, Georgia 31513. The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
as Attorney in Fact for Mark A. Eason
McCalla Raymer, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, Georgia 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
MR/lee 4/1/14
Our file no. 53225910-FT3
EXHIBIT “A” Tract One: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot No. 244 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 0.979 acre, more or less, being designated as Tract 1 on that certain survey and plat thereof by M. Jerry Tomberlin, Jr., GRLS No. 2942, dated July 28, 2003, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, in Plat Book 16, Page 464, and incorporated herein for all purposes. Said property being bound, now or formerly, as follows: North by Brandon Street; east by Tract 2 on the above described plat; south by Tract 4 on the above described plat; and west by Alicia Street. Tract Two: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot No. 244 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 0.170 acre, more or less, being designated as Tract 4 on that certain survey and plat thereof by M. Jerry Tomberlin Jr., GRLS No. 2942, dated July 28, 2003, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, in Plat Book 16, Page 464, and incorporated herein for all purposes. Said property being bound, now or formerly, as follows: North by Tracts 1 and 2 on the above described plat; east by Tract 3 on the above described plat; south by lands of Glynn Herndon, et. Al.; and west by Alicia Street. This being the same property conveyed to Timothy D. Gardner and Melanie D. Gardner from Baxley Land Development Inc. by deed dated November 20, 2003, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, in Deed Book 384, Page 63.
MR/lee 4/1/14
ur file no. 53225910 - FT3
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Because of default in the payment of the indebtedness, secured by a Security Deed executed by Pamela M. Griffin and Joseph F. Griffin, Jr. to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Agsouth Farm Credit FLCA, its successors and assigns dated November 16, 2006 in the amount of $111,000.00, and recorded in Deed Book 423, Page 563, Appling County, Georgia Records; as last transferred to Federal National Mortgage Association by assignment; the undersigned, Federal National Mortgage Association pursuant to said deed and the note thereby secured, has declared the entire amount of said indebtedness due and payable and pursuant to the power of sale contained in said deed, will on the first Tuesday in April, 2014 , during the legal hours of sale, at the Courthouse door in Appling County, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, the property described in said deed to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 244 in the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of .918 acres, more or less, and being Tract No. 8 according to that certain survey and plat by Denean W. Dixon dated June 4, 1984 and recorded at Plat Book 11, Page 47, Appling County Deed Records, which is incorporated herein by reference. Said tract is bound as follows: North by Tract 7; East by a 50 foot road; South by Tract 9; and West by Tract 3.
Which has the property address of 96 Andrea Street, Baxley, Georgia, together with all fixtures and other personal property conveyed by said deed.
The sale will be held subject to any unpaid taxes, assessments, rights-of-way, easements, protective covenants or restrictions, liens, and other superior matters of record which may affect said property.
The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed.
Notice has been given of intention to collect attorneys' fees in accordance with the terms of the note secured by said deed. Notice has been also given, in writing and by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the borrower, of the name, address, and telephone number of the individual or entity who shall have full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the Security Deed and the note thereby secured in accordance with O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-162.2(a).
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party (or parties) in possession of the subject property is (are): Pamela M. Griffin and Joseph F. Griffin, Jr. or tenant or tenants and the proceeds of said sale will be applied to the payment of said indebtedness, the expense of said sale, all as provided in said deed, and the undersigned will execute a deed to the purchaser as provided in the aforementioned Security Deed.
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 44-14-162.2, the name, address and telephone number of the individual or entity who shall have the full authority to negotiate, amend, or modify all terms of the above-described mortgage is as follows: Seterus, Inc. 14523 SW Millikan Way, Suite 200 Beaverton, OR 97005 Phone Number: 1-888-917-3094. The foregoing notwithstanding, nothing in O.G.C.A. 44-14-162.2 shall require the secured creditor to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the mortgage instrument.
Federal National Mortgage Association
Attorney in Fact for
Pamela M. Griffin and Joseph F. Griffin, Jr.
McCurdy & Candler, L.L.C.
(404) 373-1612
www.mccurdycandler.com
The Baxley News Banner
Publication Dates:03-05-2014, 03-12-2014, 03-19-2014, 03-26-2014
File No. 14-00480 /FNMA/mtucker
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.
ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
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